A wide selection of gifts and cards are available

 

Russell / Kororareka

The following titles are available from the Russell Museum.

Russell - more than a place – Brief social history of Russell from the earliest days until today.  Produced by Russell Museum.
$10
A Most Noble Anchorage – A story of Russell and the Bay of Islands.  Marie King.
$45
Puawananga - The Adobe Cottage – by Charlotte Preston Larkin. The story of a remarkable woman who built her own mud brick home at Long Beach.
$25
Old Russell, New Zealand’s First Capital – Jack Lee’s book about the first Russell – today’s Okiato.  (Enhanced reprint 2006)  
$20
A Capital Story by Jeanette Richardson - An account of New Zealand's first seat of Government at Okiato in the Bay of Islands
$40
Of Captains, Colonists and Convicts – Des Price’s updated history of two early Russell families, the Cooks and the Williams. 
$17.50
Murder in Paradise by John Cresswell – The story of seafaring brothers one of whom is associated with Motuarohia/Roberton Island.  New Edition
$45
Samuel Stephenson - Pioneer merchant of Russell 1804-1883. N.G. and A.B. Stephenson
$30
Hell-hole of the Pacific by Richard Wolfe – The story of Kororareka’s earliest years when whalers, convicts, seamen and traders inhabited our town.
$40
Brind of the Bay of Islands also Brind Amplified - The life of a colourful whaling Captain who traded in the Bay in the early 1800s
$40
Kororareka and other Essays by Ormond Wilson - An investigation into early Maori-Pakeha contact of the North (second hand copy - now out of print) (please enquire)
Russell Review – Annual magazine recording the life and times, comments and history in Russell.  
$15
Booklets produced by Russell Museum
  • Russell Heritage Trails – four Heritage Trails around Russell.
$1.50
  • Bay of Islands Maritime Heritage Trail – history from the water.
$1
  • Christ Church Cemetery Trail – outlining the various stories behind the gravestones of New Zealand’s oldest church.
$1
  • Te Rongoa Maori – Russell Museum's own pharmaceutical garden.  
$1
  • Discovering Historic Russell – Twelve-minute DVD recording Russell’s history.  
$20

                    

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